Quilting-frame



(No Model.)

E. H.'TALIAFERRO QUILTING FRAME.

No. 289,171. Paterited Nov. 27, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries,

EILBEGK H. TALIAFERRO, OF SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI.

QUILTING-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,171, dated November 27, 188

Application filed July 12,1883. No model.)

To aZZ whomjt may concern:

Be it known that I, EILBEOK H. TALIA- FERRO, of Saltillo, in the county of Lee and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting- Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in quilting-frames; and it consists, in combinati m with a sewing-machine, the two tracks which are secured thereto, suitable uprights for supporting their ends, and grooved rollers which run upon the tracks with the quiltingframe, which is provided with rods or journals, which pass freely through the rollers, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to have the quilting-frame move back and forth upon the track which is provided especially for it, and to make the quiltingd'raine laterally adjustable independent of the track, so that the operator can move the quilting-frame back and forth at will.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a machine enibodyinginy invention complete. Fig. 2 is a detail view.

Arepresents suitable horizontal rods of any desired length, and which are supported at their ends by means of the uprights B, which have a series of perforations made through them, so that the rods A can be adjusted vertically to correspond with the height of the sewing-rnachine. These rods form the track upon which the quiltingframe moves back and forth, and are intended to be clamped to opposite ends of the sewing-machine by means of set-screws or other fastening devices. As

here shown, these rods A are clamped to 0pposite ends of the sewing-machine by means of set-screws, and thus held rigidly in any desired connection or relation to each other.

The quilting-frame is constructed in the usual manner; and it consists of the end pieces, D, and the side pieces, E. Secured to the under side of each one of the end pieces are suitable brackets, G, through which are passed the rods H. Upon these rods are placed the rollers I, which rods pass loosely through the rollers, so that site rollers can be moved back and forth upon the rod, or the rod pushed endwise through the rollers. Dhe rollers are grooved, and rest upon the side bars or rods, A, for the purpose of allowing the quiltingframe to be moved freely back and forth upon the track. The track having been secured to the sewing-machine or any other suitable support, the rollers are adjusted upon their rods to the width of the track, and then the quilting-frame can be pushed back and forth upon the track, so as to sew from one end of the quilt to the other, and the frame can be adjusted laterally without the necessity of having to adjust any other parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of a sewing-machine with the tracks A, which are clamped to opposite ends thereof, the vertical supports B, to support the ends of the tracks, the grooved roll ers I, the quilting-frame composed of the ex d pieces, D, the side pieces, E, and the rods H, which pass through both the grooved rollers I and the ears G on the under side of the end pieces, D, which rods H slide freely back and forth through the rollers, for the purpose of adjusting the frame laterally, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. EILBEGK H. TALIAFERRO. W'itnesses:

A. P. MoALLIsrER, O. B. DAVIS. 

